Past list view

	Meetup	Location	RSVPs
Nov 4 6:00 PM	November Auckland Game Developers Meetup 28 attended (est.) – 4.502 Please bring $5 for pizza and soft-drink. Agenda: 6.00 Arrive 6.15 Showcase: Gaming projects and news happening locally. Chris and Jonathan from GrindingGearGames will talk about the tools and processes they use for 'Continuous Integration' of their art and code pipelines in their online role playing game, that let them maintain a playable build of the game throughout development. 6.45 Desperately Seeking: Announcements about people looking for collaborators, advice or resources. 7.00 Pizza, networking, group discussions Please let Stephen know if you'd like to showcase your work, or if you are seeking something so we can help you out. The street-level doors lock about 6.15-6.30. If you are locked out, call Stephen on 0274 438 125.	Media Design School Auckland, New Zealand -36.849819,174.765182	28 Yes 2 Maybe
Oct 7 6:00 PM	October Game Developers Meetup 35 attended (est.) – 5.001 Please bring $5 for pizza and soft-drink. Agenda: 6.00 Arrive 6.15 Showcase: Gaming projects and news happening locally. Mitch Olsen from Smallworlds.com will talk about growing and monetising an online community Damien and Tim from Pixelati.net will show Danger Balls, their XBLA game 6.45 Desperately Seeking: Announcements about people looking for collaborators, advice or resources. 7.00 Pizza, networking, group discussions Please let Stephen know if you'd like to showcase your work, or if you are seeking something so we can help you out. The street-level doors lock about 6.15-6.30. If you are locked out, call Stephen on 0274 438 125.	Media Design School Auckland, New Zealand -36.849819,174.765182	29 Yes 2 Maybe
Sep 2 6:00 PM	September Game Developers Meetup 30 attended (est.) – 4.503 Please bring $5 for pizza and soft-drink. Agenda: 6.00 Arrive 6.15 Showcase: Gaming projects and news happening locally. UDF is a 3D turn-based tactics game being developed for the iPhone by three brothers (one programmer and two artists). The team will talk about the challenge of trying to stand out in a market of more than 60,000 applications. Kevin Toms will also talk about adapting to iPhone development, and the attraction of the iPhone to independent developers. Know of any other iPhone developers? Let me know and we can create an iPhone-themed night. 6.40 Desperately Seeking: Announcements about people looking for collaborators, advice or resources. 7.00 Pizza, networking, group discussions Please let Stephen know if you'd like to showcase your work, or if you are seeking something so we can help you out. The street-level doors lock about 6.15-6.30. If you are locked out, call Stephen on 0274 438 125.	Media Design School Auckland, New Zealand -36.849819,174.765182	27 Yes 4 Maybe
Aug 5 6:00 PM	August Auckland Game Developers Meetup 34 attended (est.) – 4.508 Please bring $5 for pizza and soft-drink. Agenda: 6.00 Arrive 6.15 Showcase Flash Gaming Panel: Chris from NinjaKiwi.com and Michael from RockSolidArcade.com are two very successful local Flash game developers. We thought we'd bring them together to let them showcase their wares, and then have a group panel discussion about the future of Flash gaming technologies and business models. We'll also discuss this insightful article in the future of Flash business: http://lostgarden.com/2009/07/flash-love-letter-2009-part-1.html Media Design School student project 'Nightfall': We'll show off the group project from the latest bunch of graduates from the 18-month long Graduate Diploma of Game Development. Playmaker.org.nz: The online community for NZ game developers is now live. Damien Caine will give us a quick tour, but you can also sign-up right now. 6.40 Desperately Seeking: Announcements about people looking for collaborators, advice or resources. 7.00 Pizza, networking, group discussions Please let Stephen know if you'd like to showcase your work, or if you are seeking something so we can help you out. The Media Design School's street-level doors lock about 6.15-6.30. If you are locked out, call Stephen on 0274 438 125.	Media Design School Auckland, New Zealand -36.849819,174.765182	33 Yes 7 Maybe
Jul 1 6:00 PM	July Auckland Game Developers Meetup 35 attended (est.) – 5.009 We have a 'serious games' and 'gaming for health' theme this month. Please bring $5 for pizza and soft-drink. Agenda: 6.00 Arrive 6.15 Showcase Sparx e-therapy game. Maru Nihoniho of Metia Interactive will talk about this 3D fantasy world 'serious game' designed to teach young people self-help skills for depression. The game was developed for the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences of the University of Auckland and funded by the Ministry of Health New Zealand. FriendQuest. Brightmind Labs fuses gaming principles with Cognitive Behavioural Theraphy to get results for kids with mental health issues. Their first game FriendQuest helps kids on the austistic spectrum better recognise emotions. 6.40 Desperately Seeking: Announcements about people looking for collaborators, advice or resources. 7.00 Pizza, networking, group discussions Please let Stephen know if you'd like to showcase your work, or if you are seeking something so we can help you out.	Only members of this Group can view the location for this Meetup	28 Yes 6 Maybe
Jun 3 6:00 PM	June Auckland Game Developer Meetup 35 attended (est.) – 4.507 Please bring $5 for pizza and soft-drink. Agenda: 6.15 Introductions Guest Speaker: "From Bedroom to Boardroom: Lessons from a Successful Indie Gamer" by Kevin Toms. Kevin is the creator of the original Football Manager game; responsible for an entire genre of computer game; seller of over 2m game units; former Founder, Chairman and Managing Director of Addictive Games. He'll share his insights from a long career in gaming, from small begins to corporate boardrooms and his quest to maintain his creative independence throughout. Showcase: Jeff Nusz will show some of this "art games" Showcase: GameMold will show SnowLemmings and the JinJun boardgame - both are looking for beta testers and feedback Desperately Seeking: Announcements about people looking for collaborators, advice or resources. 7.00 Pizza, networking, group discussions Please let Stephen know if you'd like to showcase your work, or if you are seeking something so we can help you out. The street-level doors lock about 6.15-6.30. If you are locked out, call Stephen on 0274 438 125.	Media Design School Auckland, New Zealand -36.849819,174.765182	35 Yes 3 Maybe
May 6 6:00 PM	May Auckland Game Developmer Meetup 32 attended (est.) – 4.509 We are a collaborative indie game development group - for people interested in game development either professionally or as a hobby, based in Auckland. Come along and share projects and ideas, get feedback, find collaborators and get advice. We have a NEW TIME and NEW VENUE Wednesday 6 May, 6pm for a 6.15 start Level 12, Media Design School, 242 Queen St, Auckland Central (Note: the lift is locked from about 6.20) Please bring $5 for pizza and soft-drink. Agenda: 6.15PM: Introductions Welcome from the Media Design School Showcase: Members show and discuss their projects on the big screen: Danger Balls: The team from Pixelati will show off the beginnings of their XBox LIVE game Derelict: An update on Erik Hogan's Tactical First Person shooter with a Science Fiction Horror theme. Desperately Seeking: Announcements about people looking for collaborators, advice or resources. Codename Island Story: Stephen Knightly is looking for 3D modelers and artists for an adventure platform game on an island full of strange mash-ups. 7.00PM: Pizza, drinks and networking Please let Stephen know if you'd like to showcase your work, or if you are seeking something so we can help you out. For more information about this group check out www.agw.org.nz.	Media Design School Auckland, New Zealand -36.849819,174.765182	17 Yes 2 Maybe
Apr 5 12:30 PM	The Auckland Game Development April Meetup 12 attended (est.) – 4.502 We're meeting at the RvB gaming lounge on K'Rd, surrounded by XBoxes and Playstations, from 12.30. (If it is closed we'll be in a nearby cafe: Verona or Hallehujah) Come along and share your ideas, projects and questions about game design, graphics, programming and more.	Only members of this Group can view the location for this Meetup	11 Yes 1 Maybe
Mar 1 12:30 PM	The Auckland Game Development March Meetup 11 attended (est.) – 4.002 We're meeting at the RvB gaming lounge on K'Rd, surrounded by XBoxes and Playstations, from 12.30. (If it is closed we'll be in a nearby cafe: Verona or Hallehujah) Come along and share your ideas, projects and questions about game design, graphics, programming and more.	Only members of this Group can view the location for this Meetup	10 Yes 1 Maybe
Feb 8 12:30 PM	The Auckland Game Development February Meetup 5 attended (est.) – 4.001 We're moving the February Auckland Game Works meeting back one week, as many members are participating in the Global Game Jam (http://www.globalgamejam.org.nz/). At our meeting on 8 Feb, we'll show some of the games that were made in 48 hours. We're meeting at the RvB gaming lounge on K'Rd, surrounded by XBoxes and Playstations, from 12.30. (If it is closed we'll be in a nearby cafe: Verona or Hallehujah) Come along and share your ideas, projects and questions about game design, graphics, programming and more.	Only members of this Group can view the location for this Meetup	4 Yes 2 Maybe